Meanings
plural trumpeteers
- Synonym of trumpeter (“trumpet player”).
A trumpeteer from Ft. Polk sounded colors and an ROTC color guard raised the US flag to the top of a silver staff.
1982, All Volunteer, volume 35, number 11, page 181 more example
On the west-side we commended the cause to God by prayer: I dispatched a trumpeteer to Sir William Saville, Commander in Chief, at Leeds, under the Earl of Newcastle, […]
1873, Abraham Holroyd, Collectanea Bradfordiana, page 65Synonyms: trumpeter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of trumpeter (“trumpet player”).
Origin
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